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The Berlin International Film Festival has announced the winners of the 2025 Panorama Audience Awards, with Spanish drama Sorda (Deaf) by Eva Libertad taking the top prize for best feature film and German documentary Die Möllner Briefe (The Moelln Letters) by Martina Priessner winning in the Panorama Dokumente category. The awards, decided by audience votes, were presented in collaboration with radioeins and rbb television.

Libertad’s Sorda follows Ángela (Miriam Garlo) and Héctor (Álvaro Cervantes), an inter-abled couple in Spain preparing for the birth of their child. Ángela, who is deaf, is surrounded by a strong community of deaf friends but struggles with pressure from her hearing parents to wear hearing aids. After giving birth to a daughter, she begins to question whether she will be able to fully connect with her child and the world around her, a fear that places new strain on her relationship with her hearing husband Héctor.

The 27th Panorama Audience Award at Berlinale have been given out, with this year’s winners named as Sorda byEva Libertad (for best feature film) and The Möllner Letters by Martina Priessner (documentary).

The prizes are awarded by the Berlinale section Panorama together with radioeins and rbb television (Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg).

Complete Berlinale Panorama Winners List below

Sorda (translated as Deaf) is written and directed by Eva Libertad, a continuation of her 2023 Goya Award-nominated short film of the same name that starred her sister, Miriam Garlo. This feature length film also stars deaf actress Miriam Garlo along with Alvaro Cervantes, Elena Irureta and Joaquin Notario. It tells the story of Angela, a deaf woman, who is expecting a child with her hearing partner, Hector.

Following its debut in Berlin, Sorda is scheduled for release in Spanish cinemas on April 4 by A Contracorriente Films.

Panorama Audience Award 2025 Winner – Feature film

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Es la primera película española protagonizada por una actriz sorda. © A Contracorriente Films

¡Triunfo español en la Berlinale! La película Sorda, ópera prima escrita y dirigida por Eva Libertad y basada en su cortometraje homónimo nominado a los Premios Goya en 2022, se ha alzado con el Premio del Público de la sección Panorama de la 75 edición del Festival Internacional de Cine de Berlín.

Sorda explora los desafíos que surgen en una pareja a la hora de afrontar la maternidad y la paternidad potenciados por el encuentro de los mundos sordo y oyente. Ángela, una mujer sorda, va a tener un bebé con Héctor, su pareja oyente. El embarazo hace aflorar sus miedos sobre la maternidad y sobre cómo podrá comunicarse con su hija. La llegada de la niña altera la relación de pareja y lleva a Ángela a afrontar la crianza en un mundo que no está hecho para ella.

Vying for the Berlinale Panorama’s prestigious audience award, Eva Libertad’s “Deaf” (“Sorda”) sheds light on the world of deaf women and how motherhood shapes their relationships.

Picked up by Latido Films in December, Libertad’s debut feature is an expansion of the eponymous Goya-nominated short she co-directed with Nuria Muñoz, starring her sister Miriam Garlo, an acclaimed deaf actress. In an interview with Variety, Libertad details how “Deaf” was a lifetime in the making:

“‘Deaf’ was born from the moment when my sister was considering becoming a mother. At that time, she shared her fears as a deaf woman with me, and I realized that I had never thought about it before: the concerns of a deaf woman who wants to be a mother in a hearing world.”

“At that moment, I figured out that, in addition to the insecurities we have as women, there are others related...

Se trata de la primera película española protagonizada por una actriz sorda. © A Contracorriente Films

Ya se ha publicado el primer tráiler de la película Sorda, la ópera prima escrita y dirigida por Eva Libertad y basada en su cortometraje homónimo nominado a los Premios Goya en 2022. Tendrá su estreno mundial en la 75 edición del Festival Internacional de Cine de Berlín dentro de la sección Panorama y competirá por la Biznaga de Oro en el Festival de Málaga.

Sorda explora los desafíos que surgen en una pareja a la hora de afrontar la maternidad y la paternidad potenciados por el encuentro de los mundos sordo y oyente. Ángela, una mujer sorda, va a tener un bebé con Héctor, su pareja oyente. El embarazo hace aflorar sus miedos sobre la maternidad y sobre cómo podrá comunicarse con su hija. La llegada de la niña altera la relación de pareja y lleva...

Deaf (Sorda) is the title of Spanish filmmaker Eva Libertad’s new feature, adapted from her 2023 Goya Award-nominated short of the same name, that will be world premiering in the Panorama section of the 75th edition of the Berlin Film Festival.

The movie, written and directed by Libertad, stars Miriam Garlo, who also featured in the short, Álvaro Cervantes, Elena Irureta, and Joaquín Notario.

“Ángela, a deaf woman, is expecting a child with her hearing partner, Héctor,” reads the synopsis. “The baby’s arrival causes a crisis in their relationship, forcing Ángela to face the challenges of raising her daughter in a world which is not made for her.”

Two clips from the film, which THR can exclusively reveal, provide a first glimpse of and feel for the new movie.

‘Deaf’

The first clip sees the new parents jointly telling their baby a children’s story about the sun, the clouds,...

Una Sección Oficial de mayor presencia femenina. © Festival Málaga | mundoCine

El 28 Festival de Málaga, que se celebra del 14 al 23 de marzo, ha anunciado las primeras películas que competirán por la ansiada Biznaga de Oro. Y recordemos que el año pasado, el galardón recayó en Segundo premio, de Isaki Lacuesta y Pol Rodríguez, y este fue solo el primero de los muchos reconocimientos –a la espera de ver qué se lleva en los Goya– de la película elegida (pero no nominada) para representar a España en los Óscar 2025.

En esta edición, la Sección Oficial se distingue por una mayor presencia femenina, con cinco películas españolas por ahora anunciadas a concurso firmadas por directoras: La furia, de Gemma Blasco, Los Tortuga, de Belén Funes, Sorda, de Eva Libertad, La buena suerte, de Gracia Querejeta, y La buena letra, de Celia Rico.

© Festival Málaga

Empezando por la primera de ellas, Gemma Blasco se...

Se trata de la primera película española protagonizada por una actriz sorda. © A Contracorriente Films

Hoy se ha anunciado que la película Sorda, la ópera prima escrita y dirigida por Eva Libertad y basada en su cortometraje homónimo nominado a los Premios Goya en 2022, tendrá su estreno mundial en la 75 edición del Festival Internacional de Cine de Berlín dentro de la sección Panorama.

Sorda explora los desafíos que surgen en una pareja a la hora de afrontar la maternidad y la paternidad potenciados por el encuentro de los mundos sordo y oyente. Ángela, una mujer sorda, va a tener un bebé con Héctor, su pareja oyente. El embarazo hace aflorar sus miedos sobre la maternidad y sobre cómo podrá comunicarse con su hija. La llegada de la niña altera la relación de pareja y lleva a Ángela a afrontar la crianza en un mundo que no está hecho para ella.

The Berlin Film Festival has named the first dozen titles for its 2025 Panorama lineup, Berlin’s main sidebar, and there are a few familiar faces in the mix.

Berlinale regular Ira Sachs will return with Peter Hujar’s Day, starring Ben Wishaw and Rebecca Hall, a feature based on a 1974 conversation between photographer Hujar and his friend Linda Rosenkrantz, offering insight into the New York art scene. Canadian filmmaker and fellow Berlinale alum Denis Côté is back in Panorama with Paul, a documentary on a cleaner who uses his job cleaning homes and sharing his routines on social media to help combat depression and social anxiety.

Other Panorama titles announced Tuesday include Emilie Blichfeldt’s Danish horror feature Den stygge stesøsteren (The Ugly Stepsister), a dark twisted fairy tale, which will premiere in Sundance; Frelle Petersen’s Hjem kaere hjem, a social realist drama on the life of an elder...

The Belin Film Festival has unveiled its Panorama lineup, including new works by Denis Côté, Ira Sachs, Michel Gondry and Shatara Michelle Ford, among others.

Sachs’ movie, “Peter Hujar’s Day,” stars Ben Wishaw and Rebecca Hall. Set for an international premiere in Berlin, the film portrays a 1974 conversation between photographer Peter Hujar and his friend Linda Rosenkrantz, set against the backdrop of the New York art scene of the time.

Côté’s film, “Paul,” is a documentary about a man struggling with depression and social anxiety who found refuge in serving women who invite him to clean their homes.

Gondry’s “Maya, Give Me a Title” is described by the festival as a “stop-motion love letter to his daughter Maya brings to life a poetic and amusing journey that invites you to dream and laugh.” It features the voice of “The Count of Monte-Cristo” star Pierre Niney.

Ford’s “Dreams in Nightmares,...

Spain’s Latido Films has acquired Eva Libertad’s upcoming feature “Sorda,” adapted from her 2023 Spanish Academy Goya Award-nominated short of the same name.

“Sorda,” which translates to “deaf” in English, tells the story of Angela, a pregnant deaf woman, and Hector, her hearing partner. Pregnancy brings to the surface her fears about motherhood and how she will be able to communicate with her daughter. The arrival of the girl generates a crisis in the couple and leads Angela to face the upbringing of her daughter in a world that is not made for her.

Libertad wrote and is directing the film, a continuation of her 2023 short of the same name that starred her sister, Miriam Garlo. In addition to a Spanish Academy Goya nomination, the film was selected by more than 110 festivals and won more than 60 awards.

“A few years ago, my sister began to consider becoming a mother,...

La cineasta transforma su cortometraje nominado al Goya en un largometraje. © A Contracorriente Films

Comienza en Murcia el rodaje de “Sorda”, la película escrita y dirigida por Eva Libertad y basada en el cortometraje homónimo nominado a los Premios Goya en 2023, también dirigido por Libertad. “Sorda” es una historia de amor materno-filial y de pareja, exacerbado por el choque entre el mundo de los sordos y el de los oyentes.

“Sorda” sigue a Ángela (Garlo), una mujer sorda, que va a tener un bebé con Héctor (Cervantes), su pareja oyente. El embarazo hace aflorar sus miedos frente la maternidad y sobre cómo podrá comunicarse con su hija. La llegada de la niña genera una crisis en la pareja y lleva a Ángela a enfrentarse a la crianza de su hija en un mundo que no está hecho para ella.

La película marca un hito en el cine español al ser...

This weekend, Netflix is bringing the second season of a comedy TV series, a rom-com movie with an interesting premise, and the second season of a reality TV show. Last weekend, Netflix added the World War II drama Operation Finale, season 1 of the Korean romantic drama Summer Strike, the Filipino rom-com An Inconvenient Love, season 2 of Nickelodeon’s That Girl Lay Lay, season 13 of The Real World, and a special look at the making of All Quiet on the Western Front, along with the docuseries Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal, season 3 of Outer Banks, and the comedy horror movie We Have a Ghost.

As it does on the first days of every month, Netflix will welcome a long list of licensed content this weekend, most notably the comedies Easy A, Magic Mike Xxl, and The Hangover trilogy, the musical Burlesque, the rom-com Sleepless in Seattle, the sci-fi adventure The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2,...

Love at First Kiss (Eres Tú) is a romantic comedy directed by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa starring Álvaro Cervantes and Silvia Alonso.

Love at First Kiss is a romantic comedy with all the flaws and virtues of the genre and all its familiar, tender and charmingly repetitive stereotypes.

This time it has all the humor of literature and its jokes about writers with self-destructive tendencies who are somewhat alcoholic and that, back to the stereotypes, we find very funny.

May you enjoy it in all its predefined charm.

Movie Review Love at First Kiss

Charming, tender, romantic and funny, what is a romantic comedy with its virtues is very easy to see, and its flaws are forgotten as soon as it ends.

An entertaining joke-dispensing machine about couples and sentimental relationships that, coincidentally and due to the genre’s craft and humour, ends with that magic of giving hope to human beings who,...

In March 2023, Netflix will bring the second part of the fourth season of a popular thriller TV series, the movie continuation of an acclaimed TV series, the second season of a fantasy TV series based on a book series, an animated movie based on a novel, the sequel to a successful comedy, and a variety of documentaries. February saw the arrival of some highly-anticipated releases over at Netflix, such as part one of You season 3, the rom-com Your Place or Mine, season 3 of Outer Banks, and the movie We Have a Ghost, along with the documentaries Gunther’s Millions and Bill Russell: Legend.

When it comes to licensed content, March will see a bit of everything for all ages and tastes, with the addition of the comedy Easy A, the musical Burlesque, the comedy trilogy The Hangover, the rom-com Sleepless in Seattle, the action horror movie World War Z, the dark comedy superhero movie Kick-Ass 2,...

Stars: Miki Esparbé, Aura Garrido, Luis Callejo, Álvaro Cervantes, Jesús Carroza, María Botto, Mouad Ghazouan, Sergio Torrico | Written by Jaime Marques, Cristian Conti | Directed by Javier Ruiz Caldera, Alberto de Toro

Netflix’s Spanish Civil War zombie movie Valley of the Dead (Malnazidos) is an entertaining stumble through familiar undead territory, courtesy of co-directors Javier Ruiz Caldera and Alberto de Toro. As such, it won’t surprise anyone who’s seen a zombie movie before, but it pushes all the right buttons, thanks to genre-savvy direction, likeable performances and a snappy script.

Valley of the Dead begins in 1938, in the middle of the Spanish Civil War, which has bitterly divided the losing Republican side and the Nazi-assisted Franco-led Nationalist side. In a chilling opening sequence, Nazi soldiers murder a wedding party and then spray the corpses with a blue gas, under the watchful eye of their Commandant (Francisco Reyes).

Meanwhile,...

Spanish director Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, who swept the board at March’s Málaga Film Festival, has wrapped shooting on her sophomore feature, “Eres Tú,” a Netflix’ romantic comedy produced by Antonio Asensio and Paloma Molina at Zeta Studios ­­– the Madrid-based company behind phenomenon “Elite.” Miriam Rodríguez executive produces.

After distributing Almodovar and signing up J.A. Bayona for real-life disaster drama “Society of the Snow,” Ruiz de Azúa’s attachment to “Eres tú” marks another association with a prestige director by Netflix in Spain.

Netflix Spain already accounts for three of the five most watched non-English Netflix movies ever: “The Platform,” “Below Zero” and “Through My Window.” It is, however, progressively diversifying its slate of series, movies, documentaries and TV shows by incorporating different creators profiles to create potential crowd-pleasers.

“Eres tú” follows Javier who, when 16 and kissing a girl for the first time, discovers that he had a gift of romantic clairvoyance.

Salvador Calvo’s “Adú” leads the way at Spain’s annual Goya Awards nominations with 14 nods, including for best film and best director.

“Las niñas” and “Akelarre” followed with nine nominations each, while “Rosa’s Wedding” has eight.

In the running for the best film Goya are “Adú,” a Netflix acquisition; “Ane” by David Perez Sanudo; “La boda de Rosa” by Iciar Bollain; “Las niñas” by Pilar Palomero; and “Sentimental” by Cesc Gay.

Competing for the best direction Goya will be Salvador Calvo for “Adú”; Juanma Bajo Ulloa for “Baby”; Iciar Bollain for “La boda de Rosa”; and Isabel Coixet for “Nieva en Benidorm.”

In the running for best European film are Jan Komasa’s “Corpus Christi”; Florian Zeller’s “The Father”; Viggo Mortensen’s “Falling”; and Roman Polanski’s “An Officer and a Spy.”

Mortensen was the big draw at the 2020 San Sebastian Film Festival where “Falling” played, and where he received the Donostia Award.

The Netflix drama Adú, directed by Salvador Calvo, is the frontrunner for the 35th Goya Awards, Spain’s top film honors, with 14 nominations, including for best film and best director.

Calvo’s sophomore feature follows three interconnected stories all set in Africa. Two members of its ensemble cast Álvaro Cervantes and Adam Nourou, picked up Goya nominations for best supporting actor and best newcomer actor, respectively.

The Goya 2021 best film nominees include Ane Is Missing from David Pérez Sañudo, Icíar Bollaín’s La boda de Rosa (Rosa’s Wedding), Pilar Palomero’s The Girls, and The People Upstairs aka Sentimental, from director Cesc Gay. In addition to Calvo ...

The Netflix drama Adú, directed by Salvador Calvo, is the frontrunner for the 35th Goya Awards, Spain’s top film honors, with 14 nominations, including for best film and best director.

Calvo’s sophomore feature follows three interconnected stories all set in Africa. Two members of its ensemble cast Álvaro Cervantes and Adam Nourou, picked up Goya nominations for best supporting actor and best newcomer actor, respectively.

The Goya 2021 best film nominees include Ane Is Missing from David Pérez Sañudo, Icíar Bollaín’s La boda de Rosa (Rosa’s Wedding), Pilar Palomero’s The Girls, and The People Upstairs aka Sentimental, from director Cesc Gay. In addition to Calvo ...

Following the success of Spanish projects including Money Heist, Netflix has unveiled a slate of seven upcoming originals from Spain.

The projects range from series to features and short-form works. Scroll down for the full list.

“We are fortunate to work with creators such as Nadia de Santiago, Carlos Montero or Elísabet Benavent and producers such as Cristina López Ferraz, Sandra Hermida or César Benítez,” said Diego Ávalos, Vice President of Original Contents of Netflix Spain. “Collaborating with them, and with many others, has uncovered unique perspectives for us, for which we will continue to invest firmly at a key moment for the industry. Our goal continues to be to move the world with the charisma, diversity and creativity of stories made in Spain and to contribute to position Spanish fiction as a global reference”.

El tiempo que te doy: This 10×10 minute series is created by Nadia de Santiago, Inés Pintor...

Where can Netflix Spain go after hit show “Money Heist”? On Thursday, it unveiled seven new Spanish originals, including “Feria” from “Elite” creator Carlos Montero, that sketch some kind of answer and roadmap for the U.S. streaming giant in one of its European production powerhouses.

Though Netflix in Spain has seen its biggest global hits in two iconic young adult series, “Money Heist” and “Elite,” now, more than ever before, as it transforms into a general entertainment service, the U.S. streaming giant is mixing it up.

The seven new originals, set for release from 2021, run a gamut from Netflix’s first short format series to its most ambitious doc series ever, “800 Meters,” to two features, a standup special and just one drama series.

“Our vocation is to go on exciting the world with the charisma, diversity and creativity of stories made in Spain, and contribute to maintaining Spanish...

As expected, Pilar Palomero’s remarkable first work picked up the Golden Biznaga for Best Spanish Film at the 23rd edition of the film festival. The Málaga Film Festival Jury gave the official awards on Saturday and, as usual, one Golden Biznaga was given to the best Spanish film and another to the Best Latin American Film. In the first category, the Biznaga went to Aragonese filmmaker Pilar Palomero’s first feature film, which scooped the honour with a chronicle of the education received by a whole generation. Schoolgirls will arrive at cinemas across Spain on Friday, 4 September. As for the Latin American category, the distinction (and the same amount) went to Mexico, country of origin of Summer White (Blanco de verano), filmed by Rodrigo Ruíz Patterson. The Jury for the Official Film Section for this 23rd edition comprised Álvaro Brechner, Adelfa Calvo, Álvaro Cervantes, Chus Gutiérrez and...

A musical competition format, a documentary about Money Heist and a number of new dramas lead Netflix’s latest slate of Spanish originals.

The streamer has found success with its Spanish-language titles including Money Heist and Elite and is doubling down on local originals.

Sing On! is a new musical contest where six contestants will test their abilities singing popular songs. The prize is up to €30,000 that will build up as they prove who is more in tune and beat different phases. A doc about the La Casa de Papel phenomenon, the drama created by Alex Pina, will launch on April 3 to coincide with the release of the fourth season.

On the drama side, Blanca Suárez, who has starred in Netflix’s Cable Girls as well as Pedro Almodovar’s The Skin I Live In, is to star in Jaguar. The period drama, produced by Bambu Producciones, is set in 1960s Spain,...

Netflix has set the premiere date for its police interrogation drama Criminal. The series, which stars For Life’s Nicholas Pinnock, Doctor Who’s David Tennant and Agent Carter’s Hayley Atwell, will launch on September 20.

The Svod service has also unveiled the first images for the format bending series.

Criminal consists of 12 episodes of 45 minutes with three episodes each set across four countries – France, Spain, Germany and the UK. The drama takes place exclusively within the confines of a police interview suite. It is a stripped down, cat-and-mouse drama that will focus on the intense mental conflict between the police officer and the suspect in question.

Pinnock, Cheat’s Katherine Kelly, Lee Ingleby, Mark Stanley, Rochenda Sandall and Shubham Saraf star in the UK episodes with Tennant and Atwell guest starring alongside Youssef Kerkour, and Clare-Hope Ashitey.

In France, Margot Bancilhon, Laurent Lucas, Stéphane Jobert, Anne Azoulay and Mhamed Arezki...

Here’s a series taking a new spin on the old British procedural. Netflix is bringing us an anthology series that set in four different countries, with different casts and directors, and different stories… that are all set in the interrogation rooms in police stations.

The series will be set in France, Spain, Germany and the U.K. The series is described by Deadline as a “stripped down, cat-and-mouse drama that will focus on the intense mental conflict between the police officer and the suspect in question” that will be written, directed, and produced by the local language and talent to each country.

Deadline reports the following descriptions and cast info for each installment:

Pinnock, Cheat’s Katherine Kelly Lee Ingleby, Mark Stanley, Rochenda Sandall and Shubham Saraf star in the UK episodes with Tennant and Atwell guest starring alongside Youssef Kerkour, and Clare-Hope Ashitey.

In France, Margot Bancilhon, Laurent Lucas,...

Nicholas Pinnock, star of ABC’s forthcoming legal drama For Life, Doctor Who’s David Tennant and Agent Carter’s Hayley Atwell are to star in Netflix’s police interrogation drama Criminal.

The format bending series consists of 12 episodes of 45 minutes with three episodes each set across four countries – France, Spain, Germany and the UK. The drama takes place exclusively within the confines of a police interview suite. It is a stripped down, cat-and-mouse drama that will focus on the intense mental conflict between the police officer and the suspect in question.

Pinnock, Cheat’s Katherine Kelly Lee Ingleby, Mark Stanley, Rochenda Sandall and Shubham Saraf star in the UK episodes with Tennant and Atwell guest starring alongside Youssef Kerkour, and Clare-Hope Ashitey.

In France, Margot Bancilhon, Laurent Lucas, Stéphane Jobert, Anne Azoulay and Mhamed Arezki star alongside guest stars Nathalie Baye, Jérémie Renier and Sara Giraudeau.

In Germany, Eva Meckbach,...

Netflix has released their list of all of the films and TV series that are coming to their streaming service next month, February 2019.

On top of a lot of Netflix Original content like Jake Gyllenhaal’s horror film Velvet Buzzsaw, The Umbrella Academy, and The Dragon Prince Season 2, there's also a lot of other stuff to enjoy! Some of the other films include the American Pie franchise, Jaws, Pretty in Pink and more.

Here’s a promo trailer to get you excited for what is coming to Netflix in February and you can check out the full list below. What new additions are you looking forward to watching!?

2/1/19

About a Boy

American Pie

American Pie 2

American Wedding

As Good as It Gets

Billy Elliot

Dear Ex -- Netflix Film

When Sanlian's ex-husband passes away, she discovers he has altered his insurance policy, cutting out their son in favor of a stranger named Jay.

Netflix is having a very good start to 2019. In addition to landing its first Best Picture nomination for Alfonso Cuarón’s “Roma,” (the film tied with “The Favourite” for most nominations — 10), the streaming service took another step towards industry legitimacy by officially joining the MPAA this week. The site’s original film slate continues to broaden and diversify, and the streamer seems to pull an infinite number of rabbits out of its expertly-branded red hat.

As the Sundance Film Festival kicks off this week, the Jake Gyllenhaal vehicle “Velvet Buzzsaw” will play in the Premieres section. But Netflix viewers won’t be missing out for too long; the art heist genre thriller debuts on Netflix on the first day of February. That might make a nice double feature with the Kristen Stewart-starring “Personal Shopper,” or Matt Tyrnauer’s impeccably made disco doc “Studio 54.”

Another exciting premiere with a charismatic male lead,...

Starring “La casa de papel’s” Ursula Corberó, “The Tree of Blood,” the latest movie from Spain’s Julio Medem, is being brought onto the international market at Rome’s Mia market by FilmSharks Intl., which has acquired world sales rights.

FilmSharks Intl. will continue introducing the film to buyers at the American Film Market, which opens Oct. 31 in Santa Monica.

The deal was negotiated by FilmSharks Intl.’s Guido Rud and Sandra Tapia, Ignasi Estapé and Ibon Cormenzana at the film’s lead producer Arcadia Motion Pictures (Amp).

A romantic thriller which Diamond Films Spain will release in Spain on Nov. 1 on over 200 locations, said FilmSharks’ Guido Rud, “The Tree of Blood” (El Arbol de la Sangre) marks the latest movie from the Cormenzana-founded, and the ninth fiction feature of Medem, a director whose debut, 1991’s “Vacas,” helped bring down the flag on the modern Spanish cinema through...

Madrid — In an alliance which links three of the potential key players in Spain’s new TV scene, broadcast network Mediaset España and Warner Bros. International TV Production España will produce, with the participation of Netflix, primetime cop thriller “Brigada Costa del Sol.”

Starring Hugo Silva, and set in southern Spain, over 1977-82, “Brigada Costa del Sol” will screen first on Mediaset España’s main Telecinco channel, and then globally on Netflix in a first window and second window for Spain.

Inspired by the history of one of Spain’s first anti-narcotics squads, the Grupo Especial de Estupefacientes Costa del Sol, the thriller, set in Torremolinos, narrates the humble origins but huge success of the operation. Shooting from June 7 on location in Malaga and its environs, the series will mix police procedural with drama, romance and the protagonist’s voice over, given his own “subjective and cynical viewpoint” counterpointing the...

Production on comedy underway in Madrid.

Source: Sony

Sony Pictures International Productions (Spip) and FeelGood Media will jointly produce comedy Under The Same Roof (Bajo El Mismo Techo) from director Juana Macías (Embarazados).

Styled as a novel twist on a traditional story of a couple’s conflict, the film Bajo El Mismo Techo follows a middle-aged couple as they weigh up whether to divorce or stay together amid rising tensions.

Jordi Sánchez, Silvia Abril, Daniel Guzmán, Malena Alterio, Álvaro Cervantes, Cristina Castaño and Ana Morgade star. Macías (pictured) has begun shooting in Madrid.

“Under The Same Roof is about one of the toughest tests to which one can be subjected: divorcing your partner and having to keep living under the same roof,” the director said.

“I was very interested in putting two normal people in an extreme situation that is both recognizable and fun at the same time, a situation in which my protagonists are as contradictory...

Exclusive: Salvador Calvo is currently filming the historical adventure about the final days of a Spanish colony in the Philippines.

Film Factory has been talking to worldwide buyers here about new slate addition 1898, Our Last Men In The Philippines.

Enrique Cerezo (Witching & Bitching, My Big Night) is producing the historical adventure and director Salvador Calvo is currently shooting in Guinea, the Philippines and the Canary Islands.

1898, Our Last Men In The Philippines recounts the final days of the Spanish Empire’s last colony as 50 soldiers in the Philippines barricade themselves inside a church and resist a force of native Tagalogs for nearly a year.

Javier Gutiérrez stars with Luis Tosar, Álvaro Cervantes, Eduard Fernández, Karra Elejalde, and Ricardo Gómez. Alejandro Hernández wrote the screenplay.

“I plan on making an action-adventure movie with great characters,” said Calvo. “A movie like those of the old school, the ones that invited you into the theatre to escape reality for a couple...

The Sex of the Angels

Written by Ana Maroto

Directed by Xavier Villaverde

Spain/Brazil, 2012

The Sex of the Angels concerns Bruno (Llorenç González) and Carla (Astrid Bergès-Frisbey), an attractive young couple whose relationship is changed by the introduction of street dancer/martial artist Rai (Álvaro Cervantes) into their lives. Sparks begin to fly between the two men, and they secretly begin a passionate, open relationship on the side. When Carla finally discovers, she is understandably upset, especially since Bruno apparently finds a unique freedom with the less monogamous nature of his Rai relations. After some soul searching, Carla decides she still loves Bruno and wishes to encourage his happiness, which eventually involves befriending and falling for Rai herself.

One commendation to throw the film’s way is that in its depiction of the complicated situation, it never reproaches bisexuality or depicts it in a sleazy manner as many filmmakers...